This Week on Vibe.com
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Check it! Every Friday on the OurStage Blog, we will be featuring exclusive content from the one-and-only VIBE.com. Stay tuned for weekly photos, music, news and reviews coming straight from the source that’s redefining hip hop.
The WINs & FAILs of Prince’s 20Ten
Maybe Prince’s head-scratching declaration that music distribution on the Internet is completely over, a statement that was met by howls from the tech brigade, was propelled by solid reasoning. That said, how does the music sound? VIBE breaks down Prince’s latest offering. Continue reading on Vibe.com…
3 Reasons Kanye West’s ‘Mama’s Boyfriend’ Is Already Rhyme of The Year
“Pardon, there’s a lot of use of the N word, but I’m allowed to use it¦”
And on that apologetic and somewhat amusing note, Kanye West, in front of a largely white audience of Facebook employees, unleashes a powerful, barebones testimony of the black experience. Mama’s Boyfriend eschews blatant images of former notorious drug kingpins (sorry Ross), brazen gunplay or the standard female conquest. Nope, Kanye doesn’t take the easy way out. His a cappella performance of a new composition, which is tentatively set for his formerly titled forthcoming album Good Ass Job, is a layered dissection of African-American mother-son relationships fostered in a divorced/single parent home. Equal parts insightful, painfully serious, jocular, and introspective, Mama’s Boyfriend is also a leading contender for rhyme of the year. Here’s why. Continue reading on Vibe.com…
A Short Convo with…Dirty Money’s Dawn & Kalenna
Vibe.com guest editors, Dawn and Kalenna of Diddy’s Dirty Money, aren’t only criss-crossing the globe and wearing the hottest clothes out, they are respected singer/songwriters that were asked by Diddy, himself, to join his group. Sure, you make know Dawn from her Making The Band days but a lot has transpired since then. As for Kalenna, she may be a new face to you but she’s earned her strips writing with the likes of Rodney Jerkins and more. Continue reading on Vibe.com…